Newspaper Names

For a brain-storming session on a name for a new local Indianapolis paper, these were some of our ideas. Apparently, I’m the only one who thinks the name “Naptown Argus” as a Indianapolis newspaper is laugh-out-loud funny. Hmmm. Too much Greek Mythology as a child, not enough playing outside.

130 comments on “Newspaper Names”

When I was making the list, I intended to focus on unusual newspaper names, which is why I left of weekly, daily, times, news, etc. I also left out a common one – Star – because we were tossing around the names for a new Indianapolis paper, and we already have an Indy Star. We eventually settled on IndyScribe.

How funny, Steph. I searched for “newspaper names” on Google and clicked the first entry without really looking. It brought me to your site – as if I don’t spend enough time floating around here the way it is! *grins*

I was looking for a Y too. To name my classroom newsletter since my last name is Yonge. I decided to go with Tribune because it has the y sound in it.
For X maybe exchange or one of the other listed ex names and for z, well, I think Gazette is all I can think of.

Cecil County, Maryland offers readers the “Cecil County Whig,” while the “Quincy Herald-Whig” lives on in Quincy, Ill.
They are only apparently remaining Whigs left in America, although there’s a Kingston, Canada “Kingston Whig Standard.”

Hello. I am 13 years old and was thinking about making a school newspaper. I needed names and subjects to write about. I already had the original ones…like horror scopes, weather, sports, and even something like Dear Abbie. Even advertisements…then there were names like: daily, times, examiner, but thats all I really came up with…I really needed this. It rreeaallllyyy helped me. thanks!!!
-Katie

Does anybody know an old newspaper joke/saying/ putting together reporter’s names with newspaper names, such as:
“Hello, I’m Dark from the Sun,” and you are?
“I’m Bright from the Star,” and this is my friend, Cash from the Register.”
I can’t remember all the cute combinations, and I only heard it once, from McPherson of the Albuquerque Tribune 50 years ago. Can anyone help?

Hey person!
Thanks for doing this page for us readers. By the way ya know how you talked about Greek Mythology at the beginning? Well my class has to do a Greek newspaper for social studies. My topic is mythology so I have to come up with a news paper name for it. PLEASE GIVE ME A NAME!!!!!!!
from,
Kristen

Thnx for all those great ideas. I’m working on a school project that required making up a newspaper name. I used a few of the ideas above but can’t decide which is better, hope someone can help me:
Universal Chronicle
Chronicle Tribune
Chronicle Today
Chronicle Reflector
Chronicle Gazette
Chronicle Echo
BTW, it’s about historical stuff!
Thnx again!

Thnx for all those great ideas. I’m working on a school project that required making up a newspaper name. I used a few of the ideas above but can’t decide which is better, hope someone can help me:
Universal Chronicle
Chronicle Tribune
Chronicle Today
Chronicle Reflector
Chronicle Gazette
Chronicle Echo
BTW, it’s about historical stuff!
Thnx again!

Thnx for all those great ideas. I’m working on a school project that required making up a newspaper name. I used a few of the ideas above but can’t decide which is better, hope someone can help me:
Universal Chronicle
Chronicle Tribune
Chronicle Today
Chronicle Reflector
Chronicle Gazette
Chronicle Echo
BTW, it’s about historical stuff!
Thnx again!

Thank you so much! I felt that there would be no place that would focus on names! They are awesome thanks!
I especially like “Voice”
So awesome! My friends and I are making a homeschool newspaper and this really helped! We had NO idea what to name the newspaper, and YOU ARE AWESOME. 😀 Thanks again!!! 😀